Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-30

Thrss wssEs isssf II. Jo6SSoa NJ smin
70 Meon Levi q Cos olm0A TIE oM q
ladine hed beso resolved end all psslimi-
na.ies having besa sstisisceosily ssrangsd
and the neceeoary documents - 70 inseeest
having bsen duly aligned, Mr. Lew drew his
cnecS @ book COL toward him and aigusd check
"And / trust, Mr. johnson, {" hs aa,d,
pompously, - he tore on the precious clip,
"thas though Il 10 our tirss transaction, Il
may not be our last
"Our last" repeated the echo In the
'Is.; nj. johnson bowed With sr.c. su. .. n.
gentleman might have noticed that Johnson's
hands shook.
The Estrella was signsled in due courve
and MeerA Lsvi 4 Co dispatched clerk to
The captain was on deck ~ the clerk-who,
by the way, was named DAvis-crossed the
gAngway.
"Good morning, Captain Marsh" hs said,
pleasantly.
"Good morning" returned the captain
Had fine passage ?" pursued Davla
"Middling. Roushish In the bay"
Rather heavy cargo this time, haven't
"No lighter than usual" va. the 70
"But" said Davis with an air OF surprise,
you've got 1000 bales Of cotton ON board
from Pinero 4 Co"
Haven't Q bale Of cotton on board" 70.
turned the other, briefly.
What - said the astonlshed clerk. "Are
you sure? ~
"sure OF course I'm sure" answered
sns Hn"sp Ssp;sip, dn, In 'y,ly sone'' "who should
Davis
You'd better" observed Captain Marsh,
grimly; you'll not find what you're look
Davis made his way back to his employers
offcs, and with considerable trepidation in.
formed them OF the non.arrival OF the ex Z.
pectsd cargo Dorrell turned pale and Levi
"Thsrs must bs some mistake" sa,d the
former, hurriedly.
81 don't know, I'm sure sir" stammered
"pon't Won know, you idio.r' rc.red MI.
Levi. "Who expected you to know7 Leave
the room!'
A hurried telegram was dispatched to the
agents In Alexandria, and in the course OF Q
iew hours the terse answer was faahed back {:
mo such consignment dispatched to you.
Some mistake"
The partners looked at each other-ashsst
"Holy AbrahaW!' gasped Mr.. Levi.
"Good Heaveu!' 81 sculstsd Mr.. DorrslL
GOOD heavens" echoed the Co.
In Ave minutes Mr.. Levi was driving furi.
ousiy up to Exchange court where IL IL
needless to say he did not find Mr. johnson,
Nor did he tnd anyone elss connected with
the firm. The door leading to the Offices
wa was Locked, aud card neatly tackled thereon,
"On the Continent for an indefuite timo."
Upon reading this announcement Mr Law
burst into the next 9th % with such sudden
violence that the CLERKS jumped from their
stools in dismay. Here he learned, in an.
swer to his al most inarticulate inq uiriea that
the ofhces OF johnson 4 Co had beep closed
for rather more than week.
upon arriving again in James street, NJ
Lsyi was in stateof ssonizsd rage and eI.
singularly choieric old gentleman, and threw
the ground.
"we have been swIndled =, he almost
shouted, excitedly, "swindled
"Swiudled ~ echoed the "Co, " family.
Mr.. Dorreli sat for few minutes pale and
silent but in oil firms OF two or more part
ners there Is usually one who talks and one
who acts, and in this firm Mr.. Doerell Wa
always the one who acted.
I" We had better send for Bolton" he said
at Last, and Bolton, the celebrated detective,
was sent for. Bolton said little, but listened
gravely and respectfully to Mr.. Dorrelrs
calm statements and with seeming sym mpathy
to Mr.. Lewis incoherent ravings MI. Skimp
meekly ventured the remark that "he
hadn't thought much OF johnson from the
hrst' which irritating remark was repaid
by the senior partner with whitening glance
side ct once into his corner.
All the documents were produced and
most carefully examined by Bolton. The
detectlve-after the manner OF his kind
looked inscrutable, and said very little
The affair was placed entirely in his hand Q
and after some days inquiry the tirm OF Levi
| & Co found that 1t had been very success.
fully swindled, oil the documents being for.
| gerieA Mr.. Lewis check had been csihed
| on the day it was recsived-all In Bank OF
England notes, none OF which had been
| passed or changed in Liverpool. The in.
ference was that Mr.. johnson had taken
them with him to London, with the inten.
!ion OF changing them Into gold. 1t was
for this purpose, Mr.. Bolton said, that the
previously mentioned iron. bound lbox had
been ordered by the thoughtful and sccom.
plished Mr.. johnson 100000 in gold being,
! a. the detective dryly remarked, rather On
was also sscsrtained that Mr.. johnson had
left his rooms more than Q week ago, st q
late hour In the evening, and that Q gentle.
man answering his description had on that
same evening taken the night express for
London. Upon bearing these details Mr.
Levi delivered himself Of some fae Hebrew Y
expie'ivee.
"But how" said Mr. DorrelI, &" did he
get pinsros signature to copy4"
"a simple matter" replisd the detective.
He Las had some small shipping trsnsac.
tons with Pinero 4 Co. before, which en-.
abled him to possess himself OF ono or two
OF their forms OF bills OF lsdinR. This plot
| was not hatched In . few daya v
The scOundrel r. stormed Mr.. Levi
with several strong and effective adjectivea
| 81 II trace him, I'll hunt him down, IL
spend every penny have In the world.
Find him, Bolton, and III make your for.
| tune.
Mr. Bolton did his best and It was usually
| . very good hest He traced bin firs,
TO London, thence to Paris, then to lrun, and
| thus scross the spanish frontier, beyond
which It was, of course, useless to follow
him. The celebrated detective therefore re
turned 70 Liverpool bsffisd and considers
bly, crestfallen, and presented himself ones
again In Levi & Co.'S Office, and with unWel.
| come tidingA
"Foliow him through Spain, drag him
back BY force-drag him 70 the dock -
almost screamed Mr.. Levi
"Dock !" echoed Mr.. Skimp family.
Nj. Dorrell and Mr.. Bolton, bet ween them
adopted.
"Spsre no EXPENSE" were Mr.. porrelps
last words 70 the detectiva "We give you
carte blanche-but bring him back with
you"
81 will do my best" said Mr.. Bolton and
he bowed himself out
ITO BE CONCLUDED TO-NORRow